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gawksome

gawksome adjective: characterised or marked by gawking or gawkiness.

Adjective

gawksome (comparative more gawksome, superlative most gawksome)

  1. Characterised or marked by gawking or gawkiness
    • You were gawksome, gamp and gainful […]2008, Frank Luger, Herzenblut, page 219
    • I was the gawksome son with braces and a trombone he wrote about […]2009, J. D. Evans, Jason Murk, Occasionally: Collected Poems of J. D. Evans, page 5

Forms of gawksome

comparativemore gawksome
superlativemost gawksome

Origin of gawksome

From gawk + -some.

Questions about gawksome

What does gawksome mean?
Gawksome means characterised or marked by gawking or gawkiness.
What part of speech is gawksome?
Gawksome is an adjective.

Words near gawksome in the dictionary

  1. gawkishly
  2. gawkishness
  3. gawkling
  4. gawklings
  5. gawks
  6. gawksome
  7. gawky
  8. Gawler
  9. Gawley
  10. Gawlik
  11. Gawliks

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